README File for "Populism and Political Parties Expert Survey 2023 (POPPA) Version 1.0"

Before using the data, please read this file.

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The following files and folders are included:

Files in Main Folder:
1. README.txt
2. codebook.html
3. POPPA_Replication.Rproj 
4. README_replication.Rmd
5. README_replication.html

Folder: final_data
1, poppa1.rds
2, poppa2.RDS
3. poppa_integrated-stata.tab [Original file is a .dta file]
4. poppa_integrated.rds
5. poppa_integrated-csv.tab [Original file is a .csv file]

Note: The abbreviation for National Alliance (Latvia, POPPA ID: 3104) is "NA." Consider this when loading the data.

Folder: rcode
1. cleaning_rawdata.R
2. combine_waves.R
3. expert_dataset.R
4. master_replication.R
5. party_dataset.R

Folder: original_data
DUE TO THE EMBARGO ON A NUMBER OF VARIABLES, THESE DATASETS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE MOMENT.
1. df_list.rds
2. party_family_labels.csv
3. POPPA_List_of_parties_2018.xlsx
4. POPPA_List_of_parties_2022.xlsx
5. surveys_poppa2023.rds

Folder: stata_dofiles
POPPA - Variable Names and Labels.do


Instructions for Using the Data:

There are two ways to use the data:

1. Download the data in the file format of choice.

2. You can also run the README_replication.Rmd file in R Markdown. This file contains the replication code and can be used to regenerate the data. 
Note: DUE TO THE EMBARGO, THE RMARKDOWN FILE CANNOT BE RUN AT THE MOMENT.

To run the R Markdown file, do the following:
  1. Download the README_replication.Rmd file
  2. Download the necessary data from the "original_data"" folder
  3. Download the rcode
  4. Execute the README_replication.Rmd file



